Great news to all you Lablogger users they have listened to us and within one week have inserted an update which will allow you to put items out of use until they are sanitised
On your stock list, you can now define a bespoke unavailability duration time for discrete items (beyond the time when an experiment request has been completed), during which time a given discrete stock item will remain unavailable,
New Unavailability Duration setting
Following the COVID-19 period, as schools are preparing to re-open, recommendations made by professional bodies (e.g. in the UK - CLEAPSS) advised that some equipment items need to be put aside or disinfected for a period of time after these items have been handled by a student or teacher, and before it is safe for someone else to use them.
Using the new Unavailability Duration setting for discrete items on your stock list, you can define a bespoke period of time, after a request's time has ended, in which that particular item will still not be available for others in your department to request it. Try it to see what we mean.
This new capability is unique to LabLogger, and we are very grateful to our exceptional developers who solved the difficult technical challenges this functionality presented.
@APM @Andres Tretiakov @Hands Solo @KerryLoz @stelden @Ophelia @clairelucas @williamf @Hannah B.
If you haven't already in 'Institution', 'Account Settings' enable 'Manage our equipment and Stock'. Then in 'Stock List' 'Stock List Management' enable 'Equipment Clashes'.
Go back to 'Stock List' and click 'Add New Stock Item' to add the item you wish to control eg Safety Specs
Once you've done this then your item will be unavailable for booking until the time set has elapsed from the lesson they were used. Obviously the experiment request must have the item booked as an 'Equipment' request (not general information) otherwise the system will not pick it up
On your stock list, you can now define a bespoke unavailability duration time for discrete items (beyond the time when an experiment request has been completed), during which time a given discrete stock item will remain unavailable,
New Unavailability Duration setting
Following the COVID-19 period, as schools are preparing to re-open, recommendations made by professional bodies (e.g. in the UK - CLEAPSS) advised that some equipment items need to be put aside or disinfected for a period of time after these items have been handled by a student or teacher, and before it is safe for someone else to use them.
Using the new Unavailability Duration setting for discrete items on your stock list, you can define a bespoke period of time, after a request's time has ended, in which that particular item will still not be available for others in your department to request it. Try it to see what we mean.
This new capability is unique to LabLogger, and we are very grateful to our exceptional developers who solved the difficult technical challenges this functionality presented.
@APM @Andres Tretiakov @Hands Solo @KerryLoz @stelden @Ophelia @clairelucas @williamf @Hannah B.
If you haven't already in 'Institution', 'Account Settings' enable 'Manage our equipment and Stock'. Then in 'Stock List' 'Stock List Management' enable 'Equipment Clashes'.
Go back to 'Stock List' and click 'Add New Stock Item' to add the item you wish to control eg Safety Specs
Once you've done this then your item will be unavailable for booking until the time set has elapsed from the lesson they were used. Obviously the experiment request must have the item booked as an 'Equipment' request (not general information) otherwise the system will not pick it up
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